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Chapter, Paragraph
501 XIII, 11| Having converted spies, getting hold of the enemy's spies
502 XI, 68 | maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards
503 XI, 25 | will be faithful; without giving orders, they can be trusted.~
504 XII, 20 | Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded
505 XI, 57 | nothing when the situation is gloomy.~
506 II, 1 | guests, small items such as glue and paint, and sums spent
507 XI, 39 | nothing knows whither he is going.~
508 XI, 9 | is reached through narrow gorges, and from which we can only
509 II, 34 | 14. (2) By attempting to govern an army in the same way
510 I, 3 | The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors,
511 II, 13 | will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots,
512 I, 9 | proper subdivisions, the graduations of rank among the officers,
513 XII, 18 | into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general
514 VI, 19 | may concentrate from the greatest distances in order to fight.~
515 V, 4 | your army may be like a grindstone dashed against an egg --
516 IX, 42 | punished before they have grown attached to you, they will
517 XIII, 2 | condition simply because one grudges the outlay of a hundred
518 X, 3 | sunny spots, and carefully guard your line of supplies. Then
519 II, 1 | including entertainment of guests, small items such as glue
520 IX, 44 | training soldiers commands are habitually enforced, the army will
521 IV, 10 | 10. To lift an autumn hair is no sign of great strength;
522 XI, 11 | fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground,
523 VII, 7 | make forced marches without halting day or night, covering double
524 VII, 25 | alone. This is the art of handling large masses of men.~
525 IX, 34 | and when the men do not hang their cooking-pots over
526 XI, 61 | 61. By persistently hanging on the enemy's flank, we
527 X, 18 | are formed in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter
528 VI, 4 | taking his ease, he can harass him; if well supplied with
529 XI, 68 | the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late
530 XI, 59 | a force has fallen into harm's way that is capable of
531 VII, 2 | forces, he must blend and harmonize the different elements thereof
532 II, 5 | we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never
533 VI, 29 | away from high places and hastens downwards.~
534 VIII, 12| leads to capture; (3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked
535 I, 15 | 16. While heading the profit of my counsel,
536 I, 10 | 11. These five heads should be familiar to every
537 IV, 10 | sign of sharp sight; to hear the noise of thunder is
538 XI, 7 | has penetrated into the heart of a hostile country, leaving
539 I, 6 | night and day, cold and heat, times and seasons.~
540 VI, 33 | winning, may be called a heaven-born captain.~
541 XII, 22 | the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full
542 II, 13 | horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears
543 I, 15 | avail yourself also of any helpful circumstances over and beyond
544 XI, 30 | assistance just as the left hand helps the right.~
545 XI, 9 | body of our men: this is hemmed in ground.~
546 IV, 8 | within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.~
547 IV, 7 | who is skilled in defense hides in the most secret recesses
548 V, 18 | 18. Hiding order beneath the cloak
549 I, 12 | are officers and men more highly trained? (7) In which army
550 IX, 13 | 13. When you come to a hill or a bank, occupy the sunny
551 IX, 17 | camp there should be any hilly country, ponds surrounded
552 XI, 15 | and small divisions; to hinder the good troops from rescuing
553 XI, 22 | Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your
554 II, 33 | cannot obey. This is called hobbling the army.~
555 IX, 17 | surrounded by aquatic grass, hollow basins filled with reeds,
556 IX, 15 | running between, deep natural hollows, confined places, tangled
557 II, 13 | exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped
558 VIII, 12| insults; (4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame; (
559 XIII, 2 | hundred ounces of silver in honors and emoluments, is the height
560 XI, 50 | proclaim to my soldiers the hopelessness of saving their lives.~
561 XIII, 21| led away and comfortably housed. Thus they will become converted
562 XIII, 26| who had served under the Hsia. Likewise, the rise of the
563 VII, 30 | appearance of disorder and hubbub amongst the enemy: -- this
564 V, 8 | combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.~
565 XI, 41 | the fundamental laws of human nature: these are things
566 IX, 43 | the first instance with humanity, but kept under control
567 IX, 24 | 24. Humble words and increased preparations
568 XII, 1 | magazines; the fifth is to hurl dropping fire amongst the
569 X, 15 | being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times
570 X, 19 | engage a larger one, or hurls a weak detachment against
571 XI, 47 | contentious ground, I would hurry up my rear.~
572 VII, 31 | famished: -- this is the art of husbanding one's strength.~
573 XI, 53 | 53. To be ignored of any one of the following
574 II | II. Waging War~
575 II, 20 | III. Attack by Stratagem~
576 I, 12 | of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law? (2)
577 XI, 30 | if an army can be made to imitate the shuai-jan, I should
578 VII, 18 | plundering be like fire, is immovability like a mountain.~
579 V, 4 | 4. That the impact of your army may be like
580 XIII, 1 | thousand families will be impeded in their labor.~
581 VII, 19 | Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move,
582 II, 24 | movable shelters, and various implements of war, will take up three
583 IV, 5 | Security against defeat implies defensive tactics; ability
584 I, 1 | The art of war is of vital importance to the State.~
585 XIII, 27| results. Spies are a most important element in water, because
586 XI, 4 | the possession of which imports great advantage to either
587 VI, 2 | allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.~
588 VI, 2 | Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but
589 II, 10 | causes the people to be impoverished.~
590 X, 29 | the ground makes fighting impracticable, we have still gone only
591 I, 18 | our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must
592 VI, 23 | principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself,
593 VI, 9 | be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the
594 X, 26 | enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder:
595 VII, 29 | when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art
596 II, 1 | at home and at the front, including entertainment of guests,
597 II, 13 | and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while
598 IX, 24 | 24. Humble words and increased preparations are signs that
599 IV, 6 | Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking,
600 XIII, 20| city, or to assassinate an individual, it is always necessary
601 V, 21 | not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick
602 XIII, 5 | spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by
603 X, 26 | 26. If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your
604 V, 6 | efficiently applied, are inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth, unending
605 IX, 23 | betokens the approach of infantry. When it branches out in
606 VI, 28 | methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.~
607 VII, 26 | and banners, as a means of influencing the ears and eyes of your
608 XIII, 17| 17. Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make
609 XIII, 9 | employing the services of the inhabitants of a district.~
610 XIII, 2 | emoluments, is the height of inhumanity.~
611 I, 2 | Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account
612 XII, 6 | 1) When fire breaks out inside to enemy's camp, respond
613 IX, 17 | places where men in ambush or insidious spies are likely to be lurking.~
614 IX, 45 | confidence in his men but always insists on his orders being obeyed,
615 XI, 46 | dispersive ground, I would inspire my men with unity of purpose.
616 V, 2 | is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.~
617 X, 17 | higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy
618 IV, 6 | the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance
619 VIII, 12| which can be provoked by insults; (4) a delicacy of honor
620 VI, 16 | 16. The spot where we intend to fight must not be made
621 XII, 14 | of water, an enemy may be intercepted, but not robbed of all his
622 VII, 32 | 32. To refrain from intercepting an enemy whose banners are
623 VII, 35 | offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning
624 II, 37 | military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.~
625 VIII, 2 | country where high roads intersect, join hands with your allies.
626 XIII, 14| the whole army are more intimate relations to be maintained
627 XIII, 15| employed without a certain intuitive sagacity.~
628 IX, 5 | should not go to meet the invader near a river which he has
629 VII, 6 | flying column for the purpose involves the sacrifice of its baggage
630 XI, 33 | weak -- that is a question involving the proper use of ground.~
631 IX, 43 | under control by means of iron discipline. This is a certain
632 VI, 10 | advance and be absolutely irresistible, if you make for the enemy'
633 I, 21 | choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak,
634 II, 25 | general, unable to control his irritation, will launch his men to
635 VIII, 2 | not linger in dangerously isolated positions. In hemmed-in
636 XI, 56 | without regard to rule, issue orders without regard to
637 II, 1 | entertainment of guests, small items such as glue and paint,
638 IV | IV. Tactical Dispositions~
639 IX | IX. The Army on the March~
640 VII, 8 | men will be in front, the jaded ones will fall behind, and
641 X, 24 | for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.~
642 II, 23 | next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces; the
643 VII, 28 | Now a soldier's spirit is keenest in the morning; by noonday
644 IV, 8 | only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not
645 XI, 6 | Ground which forms the key to three contiguous states,
646 XI, 38 | climbed up a height and then kicks away the ladder behind him.
647 II, 15 | 16. Now in order to kill the enemy, our men must
648 XI, 61 | succeed in the long run in killing the commander-in-chief.~
649 IX, 34 | its horses with grain and kills its cattle for food, and
650 X, 26 | make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your
651 II, 16 | captured soldiers should be kindly treated and kept.~
652 XI, 55 | cities and overthrow their kingdoms.~
653 XI, 15 | skillful leaders of old knew how to drive a wedge between
654 IX, 35 | whispering together in small knots or speaking in subdued tones
655 VI, 19 | 19. Knowing the place and the time of
656 XI, 28 | the courage of a Chu or a Kuei.~
657 XIII, 1 | will be impeded in their labor.~
658 IX, 37 | numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.~
659 XI, 38 | and then kicks away the ladder behind him. He carries his
660 IX, 24 | about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if
661 XIII, 24| 24. Lastly, it is by his information
662 XII, 11 | that rises in the daytime lasts long, but a night breeze
663 V, 18 | timidity presupposes a fund of latent energy; masking strength
664 II, 25 | control his irritation, will launch his men to the assault like
665 XI, 41 | tactics; and the fundamental laws of human nature: these are
666 II, 2 | ardor will be damped. If you lay siege to a town, you will
667 XII, 16 | saying: The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the
668 IX, 29 | When the soldiers stand leaning on their spears, they are
669 VII, 22 | He will conquer who has learnt the artifice of deviation.
670 XI, 65 | 65. If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush
671 XI, 7 | heart of a hostile country, leaving a number of fortified cities
672 XIII, 21| out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed.
673 XII, 10 | Do not attack from the leeward.~
674 XI, 28 | garments, and those lying down letting the tears run down their
675 II, 8 | does not raise a second levy, neither are his supply-wagons
676 XIII, 25| treated with the utmost liberality.~
677 XIII, 14| spies. None should be more liberally rewarded. In no other business
678 XI, 5 | Ground on which each side has liberty of movement is open ground.~
679 IV, 10 | 10. To lift an autumn hair is no sign
680 X, 3 | and carefully guard your line of supplies. Then you will
681 VI, 12 | engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely
682 VIII, 2 | with your allies. Do not linger in dangerously isolated
683 XI, 44 | When you penetrate but a little way, it is facile ground.~
684 II, 8 | neither are his supply-wagons loaded more than twice.~
685 V, 22 | For it is the nature of a log or stone to remain motionless
686 V, 22 | it were like unto rolling logs or stones. For it is the
687 XI, 27 | they are disinclined to longevity.~
688 X, 25 | into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved
689 I, 25 | fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations
690 II, 27 | Empire, and thus, without losing a man, his triumph will
691 XIII, 26| Chou dynasty was due to Lu Ya who had served under
692 IX, 28 | some retreating, it is a lure.~
693 IX, 17 | insidious spies are likely to be lurking.~
694 XI, 28 | their garments, and those lying down letting the tears run
695 VI, 25 | subtlest spies, from the machinations of the wisest brains.~
696 XII, 1 | is to burn arsenals and magazines; the fifth is to hurl dropping
697 XI, 68 | exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you
698 II, 1 | and a hundred thousand mail-clad soldiers, with provisions
699 V, 19 | keeping the enemy on the move maintains deceitful appearances, according
700 I, 9 | among the officers, the maintenance of roads by which supplies
701 XI, 32 | The principle on which to manage an army is to set up one
702 VII, 23 | 23. The Book of Army Management says: On the field of battle,
703 XIII, 8 | This is called "divine manipulation of the threads." It is the
704 X, 18 | in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter disorganization.~
705 II, 13 | and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy
706 II, 24 | avoided. The preparation of mantlets, movable shelters, and various
707 XI, 25 | Thus, without waiting to be marshaled, the soldiers will be constantly
708 I, 9 | are to be understood the marshaling of the army in its proper
709 V, 18 | a fund of latent energy; masking strength with weakness is
710 VII, 25 | the art of handling large masses of men.~
711 XIII, 3 | help to his sovereign, no master of victory.~
712 II, 27 | intact he will dispute the mastery of the Empire, and thus,
713 II, 29 | 9. If equally matched, we can offer battle; if
714 XI, 41 | 41. The different measures suited to the nine varieties
715 VIII, 14| Let them be a subject of meditation.~
716 X, 17 | and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on
717 V, 7 | these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.~
718 VI, 34 | elements (water, fire, wood, metal, earth) are not always equally
719 IX, 4 | not advance to meet it in mid-stream. It will be best to let
720 XI, 29 | its head; strike at its middle, and you will be attacked
721 II, 34 | restlessness in the soldier's minds.~
722 II, 16 | enemy, and the chariots mingled and used in conjunction
723 | miss
724 V, 23 | good fighting men is as the momentum of a round stone rolled
725 XI, 27 | are not overburdened with money, it is not because they
726 VII, 29 | This is the art of studying moods.~
727 IX, 6 | 6. Moor your craft higher up than
728 | moreover
729 VII, 28 | spirit is keenest in the morning; by noonday it has begun
730 X, 30 | experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once
731 V, 22 | a log or stone to remain motionless on level ground, and to
732 II, 24 | months; and the piling up of mounds over against the walls will
733 IX, 38 | with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy
734 II, 24 | preparation of mantlets, movable shelters, and various implements
735 V, 7 | There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations
736 XI, 40 | 40. To muster his host and bring it into
737 IX, 45 | obeyed, the gain will be mutual.~
738 XI, 36 | 36. He must be able to mystify his officers and men by
739 XIII, 20| begin by finding out the names of the attendants, the aides-de-camp,
740 II, 19 | whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or in
741 VI, 20 | hundred LI apart, and even the nearest are separated by several
742 XIII, 20| individual, it is always necessary to begin by finding out
743 V, 5 | indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.~
744 II, 9 | have food enough for its needs.~
745 I, 2 | which can on no account be neglected.~
746 X, 19 | against a powerful one, and neglects to place picked soldiers
747 XI, 52 | enter into alliance with neighboring princes until we are acquainted
748 VII, 12 | with the designs of our neighbors.~
749 IX, 32 | Clamor by night betokens nervousness.~
750 VII, 20 | your men; when you capture new territory, cut it up into
751 VII, 26 | 26. In night-fighting, then, make much use of
752 IV, 10 | sharp sight; to hear the noise of thunder is no sign of
753 VII, 28 | keenest in the morning; by noonday it has begun to flag; and
754 X, 20 | which must be carefully noted by the general who has attained
755 V, 7 | not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of
756 V, 2 | army under your command is nowise different from fighting
757 II, 28 | attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into
758 VI, 9 | 9. O divine art of subtlety and
759 VII, 23 | drums. Nor can ordinary objects be seen clearly enough:
760 VI, 11 | other place that he will be obliged to relieve.~
761 XI, 20 | are the principles to be observed by an invading force: The
762 IX, 1 | encamping the army, and observing signs of the enemy. Pass
763 I, 3 | determine the conditions obtaining in the field.~
764 XIII, 24| can be used on appointed occasions.~
765 X, 11 | 11. If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not
766 XI, 6 | contiguous states, so that he who occupies it first has most of the
767 VI, 12 | do is to throw something odd and unaccountable in his
768 IV, 5 | the enemy means taking the offensive.~
769 VII, 35 | 35. Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere
770 XI, 63 | frontier passes, destroy the official tallies, and stop the passage
771 XIII, 10| inward spies, making use of officials of the enemy.~
772 XI, 26 | Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious
773 VII, 8 | behind, and on this plan only one-tenth of your army will reach
774 II, 25 | ants, with the result that one-third of his men are slain, while
775 VII, 8 | will be in front, the jaded ones will fall behind, and on
776 IV, 20 | 20. The onrush of a conquering force is
777 IX, 4 | force crosses a river in its onward march, do not advance to
778 XI, 68 | until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the
779 XIII, 12| spies, doing certain things openly for purposes of deception,
780 IV, 19 | 19. A victorious army opposed to a routed one, is as a
781 VI, 24 | 24. Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that
782 XI, 28 | 28. On the day they are ordered out to battle, your soldiers
783 XI, 18 | great host of the enemy in orderly array and on the point of
784 | otherwise
785 XII, 7 | 7. (2) If there is an outbreak of fire, but the enemy's
786 XIII, 2 | because one grudges the outlay of a hundred ounces of silver
787 VII, 36 | surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate
788 XI, 57 | know your design. When the outlook is bright, bring it before
789 VII, 9 | march fifty LI in order to outmaneuver the enemy, you will lose
790 VIII, 12| sensitive to shame; (5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes
791 XI, 54 | of the enemy's forces. He overawes his opponents, and their
792 XI, 27 | If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because
793 XI, 22 | of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy
794 XI, 55 | capture their cities and overthrow their kingdoms.~
795 VIII, 14| 14. When an army is overthrown and its leader slain, the
796 II, 26 | laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy
797 IV, 18 | 18. Measurement owes its existence to Earth;
798 XIII, 23| 23. It is owing to his information, again,
799 II, 1 | small items such as glue and paint, and sums spent on chariots
800 VII, 24 | host may be focused on one particular point.~
801 IX, 23 | directions, it shows that parties have been sent to collect
802 XI, 63 | official tallies, and stop the passage of all emissaries.~
803 XI, 67 | 67. Walk in the path defined by rule, and accommodate
804 XI, 9 | only retire by tortuous paths, so that a small number
805 II, 12 | substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy
806 IV, 20 | is like the bursting of pent-up waters into a chasm a thousand
807 | per
808 VI, 34 | and long; the moon has its periods of waning and waxing.~
809 XI, 61 | 61. By persistently hanging on the enemy's flank,
810 V, 21 | individuals. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize
811 II, 14 | own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent
812 XIII, 19| 19. If a secret piece of news is divulged by a
813 II, 24 | three whole months; and the piling up of mounds over against
814 XII, 18 | fight a battle simply out of pique.~
815 VI, 25 | dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal
816 VII, 2 | elements thereof before pitching his camp.~
817 VI, 14 | Hence there will be a whole pitted against separate parts of
818 IV, 19 | is as a pound's weight placed in the scale against a single
819 VII, 8 | fall behind, and on this plan only one-tenth of your army
820 IX, 26 | sworn covenant indicate a plot.~
821 VII, 18 | 18. In raiding and plundering be like fire, is immovability
822 XI, 58 | peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits,
823 II, 23 | the field; and the worst policy of all is to besiege walled
824 VII, 21 | 21. Ponder and deliberate before you
825 IX, 17 | should be any hilly country, ponds surrounded by aquatic grass,
826 VI, 20 | more so if the furthest portions of the army are anything
827 XI, 4 | 4. Ground the possession of which imports great advantage
828 V, 11 | end. Who can exhaust the possibilities of their combination?~
829 IV, 1 | put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited
830 II, 24 | walled cities if it can possibly be avoided. The preparation
831 IV, 19 | to a routed one, is as a pound's weight placed in the scale
832 II, 10 | 10. Poverty of the State exchequer causes
833 XII, 8 | with an attack, if that is practicable; if not, stay where you
834 IX, 42 | submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers
835 X, 22 | who knows them not, nor practices them, will surely be defeated.~
836 XIII, 8 | is the sovereign's most precious faculty.~
837 XI, 59 | 59. For it is precisely when a force has fallen
838 VI, 34 | are not always equally predominant; the four seasons make way
839 II, 24 | possibly be avoided. The preparation of mantlets, movable shelters,
840 VII, 27 | commander-in-chief may be robbed of his presence of mind.~
841 XIII, 3 | is no leader of men, no present help to his sovereign, no
842 XIII, 14| should greater secrecy be preserved.~
843 VII, 36 | leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.~
844 V, 18 | under a show of timidity presupposes a fund of latent energy;
845 I, 21 | temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may
846 XI, 20 | thus the defenders will not prevail against you.~
847 XI, 54 | opponents, and their allies are prevented from joining against him.~
848 XI, 54 | generalship shows itself in preventing the concentration of the
849 XI, 37 | taking circuitous routes, he prevents the enemy from anticipating
850 XI, 56 | orders without regard to previous arrangements; and you will
851 V, 8 | There are not more than five primary colors (blue, yellow, red,
852 XI, 50 | desperate ground, I would proclaim to my soldiers the hopelessness
853 V, 8 | yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever
854 VI, 26 | 26. How victory may be produced for them out of the enemy'
855 I, 15 | 16. While heading the profit of my counsel, avail yourself
856 II, 7 | thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.~
857 XI, 26 | 26. Prohibit the taking of omens, and
858 II, 6 | country having benefited from prolonged warfare.~
859 V, 14 | terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision.~
860 XI, 51 | help himself, and to obey promptly when he has fallen into
861 V, 16 | or tail, yet it will be proof against defeat.~
862 XIII, 16| 16. They cannot be properly managed without benevolence
863 VI, 16 | any given point will be proportionately few.~
864 IX, 26 | 26. Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn
865 II, 13 | arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and
866 II, 3 | Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State
867 IX, 42 | attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless
868 II, 14 | likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty
869 IV, 2 | of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.~
870 VIII, 12| hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; (4) a delicacy
871 II, 11 | On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices
872 VI, 25 | you will be safe from the prying of the subtlest spies, from
873 IX, 42 | 42. If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached
874 I, 12 | constancy both in reward and punishment?~
875 VII, 34 | 34. Do not pursue an enemy who simulates flight;
876 VI, 10 | retire and be safe from pursuit if your movements are more
877 XI, 49 | difficult ground, I would keep pushing on along the road.~
878 IX, 15 | places, tangled thickets, quagmires and crevasses, should be
879 V, 13 | 13. The quality of decision is like the
880 X, 26 | incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder: then your soldiers
881 XI, 25 | will be constantly on the qui vive; without waiting to
882 IV, 10 | thunder is no sign of a quick ear.~
883 VI, 4 | he can starve him out; if quietly encamped, he can force him
884 II, 29 | can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we
885 VII, 18 | 18. In raiding and plundering be like fire,
886 IX, 14 | in consequence of heavy rains up-country, a river which
887 II, 8 | skillful soldier does not raise a second levy, neither are
888 XI, 15 | the bad, the officers from rallying their men.~
889 VI, 11 | sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we
890 VI, 10 | your movements are more rapid than those of the enemy.~
891 X, 4 | abandoned but is hard to re-occupy is called entangling.~
892 VIII, 9 | difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we
893 V, 16 | seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all; amid confusion
894 II, 21 | So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy
895 VIII, 11| on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of
896 IV, 7 | hides in the most secret recesses of the earth; he who is
897 VIII, 12| may affect a general: (1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction; (
898 XI, 1 | Tzu said: The art of war recognizes nine varieties of ground: (
899 V, 8 | primary colors (blue, yellow, red, white, and black), yet
900 VIII, 10| 10. Reduce the hostile chiefs by inflicting
901 IX, 17 | hollow basins filled with reeds, or woods with thick undergrowth,
902 I, 5 | that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed
903 II, 21 | destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company
904 VI, 28 | but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety
905 XIII, 14| whole army are more intimate relations to be maintained than with
906 V, 15 | crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.~
907 VIII, 11| art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of
908 IX, 18 | and remains quiet, he is relying on the natural strength
909 VI, 13 | enemy's dispositions and remaining invisible ourselves, we
910 VI, 28 | 28. Do not repeat the tactics which have gained
911 XIII, 12| spies to know of them and report them to the enemy.~
912 IV, 12 | victories bring him neither reputation for wisdom nor credit for
913 V, 21 | combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals.
914 XI, 15 | hinder the good troops from rescuing the bad, the officers from
915 X, 17 | account from a feeling of resentment, before the commander-in-chief
916 IV, 17 | 17. In respect of military method, we have,
917 XII, 6 | inside to enemy's camp, respond at once with an attack from
918 I, 22 | taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united,
919 II, 36 | 16. But when the army is restless and distrustful, trouble
920 II, 34 | in an army. This causes restlessness in the soldier's minds.~
921 XI, 25 | will do your will; without restrictions, they will be faithful;
922 XIII, 27| thereby they achieve great results. Spies are a most important
923 I, 14 | conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general
924 VII, 30 | enemy: -- this is the art of retaining self-possession.~
925 VI, 32 | Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in
926 IX, 28 | seen advancing and some retreating, it is a lure.~
927 X, 24 | without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace,
928 VI, 23 | inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out
929 II, 13 | four-tenths of its total revenue.~
930 I, 12 | greater constancy both in reward and punishment?~
931 XI, 27 | they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not
932 I, 12 | side is discipline most rigorously enforced? (5) Which army
933 XIII, 19| a spy before the time is ripe, he must be put to death
934 XII, 11 | 11. A wind that rises in the daytime lasts long,
935 V, 6 | unending as the flow of rivers and streams; like the sun
936 V, 23 | momentum of a round stone rolled down a mountain thousands
937 V, 23 | is as the momentum of a round stone rolled down a mountain
938 V, 22 | to a standstill, but if round-shaped, to go rolling down.~
939 VI, 23 | 23. Rouse him, and learn the principle
940 II, 15 | the enemy, our men must be roused to anger; that there may
941 VII, 4 | take a long and circuitous route, after enticing the enemy
942 XI, 8 | 8. Mountain forests, rugged steeps, marshes and fens --
943 VIII, 13| besetting sins of a general, ruinous to the conduct of war.~
944 I, 15 | and beyond the ordinary rules.~
945 VI, 29 | water in its natural course runs away from high places and
946 VII, 6 | the purpose involves the sacrifice of its baggage and stores.~
947 V, 19 | which the enemy will act. He sacrifices something, that the enemy
948 XIII, 15| without a certain intuitive sagacity.~
949 X, 5 | enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But
950 V, 9 | cardinal tastes (sour, acrid, salt, sweet, bitter), yet combinations
951 IX, 8 | So much for operations in salt-marches.~
952 IX, 8 | If forced to fight in a salt-marsh, you should have water and
953 IX, 7 | 7. In crossing salt-marshes, your sole concern should
954 XI, 10 | on which we can only be saved from destruction by fighting
955 XI, 50 | soldiers the hopelessness of saving their lives.~
956 IV, 19 | pound's weight placed in the scale against a single grain.~
957 VI, 22 | prevent him from fighting. Scheme so as to discover his plans
958 VIII, 8 | the essential part of our schemes.~
959 V, 4 | this is effected by the science of weak points and strong.~
960 IX, 21 | appearance of a number of screens in the midst of thick grass
961 IX, 17 | carefully routed out and searched; for these are places where
962 IV, 17 | have, firstly, Measurement; secondly, Estimation of quantity;
963 IX, 33 | flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers
964 I, 21 | opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend
965 IV, 15 | victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory
966 | seeming
967 IX, 31 | 31. If the enemy sees an advantage to be gained
968 VIII, 9 | difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate
969 VII, 30 | is the art of retaining self-possession.~
970 VI, 17 | will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere,
971 XI, 24 | desperate straits lose the sense of fear. If there is no
972 VIII, 12| delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame; (5) over-solicitude
973 XIII, 20| aides-de-camp, and door-keepers and sentries of the general in command.
974 VI, 20 | and even the nearest are separated by several LI!~
975 V, 10 | give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.~
976 XIII, 9 | spies means employing the services of the inhabitants of a
977 II, 35 | adaptation to circumstances. This shakes the confidence of the soldiers.~
978 VIII, 12| honor which is sensitive to shame; (5) over-solicitude for
979 VI, 32 | water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are
980 VI, 31 | 31. Water shapes its course according to
981 IV, 10 | sun and moon is no sign of sharp sight; to hear the noise
982 II, 21 | country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so
983 XI, 39 | shepherd driving a flock of sheep, he drives his men this
984 XI, 62 | to accomplish a thing by sheer cunning.~
985 VI, 11 | engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and
986 II, 24 | preparation of mantlets, movable shelters, and various implements
987 XI, 39 | his cooking-pots; like a shepherd driving a flock of sheep,
988 II, 13 | bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen
989 IX, 33 | the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot.
990 XI, 37 | without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous
991 IX, 34 | cooking-pots over the camp-fires, showing that they will not return
992 X, 21 | forces of victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties,
993 XII, 4 | the constellations of the Sieve, the Wall, the Wing or the
994 VII, 26 | then, make much use of signal-fires and drums, and in fighting
995 V, 2 | of instituting signs and signals.~
996 I, 6 | 7. Heaven signifies night and day, cold and
997 VII, 34 | not pursue an enemy who simulates flight; do not attack soldiers
998 I, 8 | for the virtues of wisdom, sincerity, benevolence, courage and
999 VIII, 13| These are the five besetting sins of a general, ruinous to
1000 XI, 28 | soldiers may weep, those sitting up bedewing their garments,
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